Biography

A portrait of scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer, the father of the atomic bomb, which discusses his role in the 20th-century scientific world, as well as his roles as family man and head of Princeton's Institute for Advanced Studies.

This title provides an in-depth look at one of the most enduring American icons of all time, 'the Duke,' John Wayne. Marc Eliot digs deep beneath the myth in this revealing look at the most legendary Western film hero of all time; the man with the distinctive voice, walk, and demeanor who was an ...

This title provides an in-depth look at one of the most enduring American icons of all time, 'the Duke,' John Wayne. Marc Eliot digs deep beneath the myth in this revealing look at the most legendary Western film hero of all time; the man with the distinctive voice, walk, and demeanor who was an ...

Eartha Kitt was a skinny, mixed-race woman with an odd, angular face who was able to persuade 50s white America that she was the sexiest thing they'd ever seen. In this account of Eartha Kitt and the convulsive era in which she lived, racism, music, and politics combine in an unforgettable portra...

Complete with rare and unseen photographs from the private collections of Jackie's friends and family, this volume presents the woman behind the public persona - a calculating yet loving friend and mother, a human being of outstanding courage.

Taking in old age, the context of one's life and times, memory, reading and writing, and the identifying cargo of possessions - two ammonites, a cat, a pair of American ducks and a leaping fish sherd, amongst others - this is an elegant, moving and deeply enjoyable memoir by one of our most loved...

Taking in old age, the context of one's life and times, memory, reading and writing, and the identifying cargo of possessions - two ammonites, a cat, a pair of American ducks and a leaping fish sherd, amongst others - this is an elegant, moving and deeply enjoyable memoir by one of our most loved...

Taking in old age, the context of one's life and times, memory, reading and writing, and the identifying cargo of possessions - two ammonites, a cat, a pair of American ducks and a leaping fish sherd, amongst others - this is an elegant, moving and deeply enjoyable memoir by one of our most loved...

This is the illuminating memoir of Academy Award-winning film director, screenwriter and author Neil Jordan. Neil Jordan was born in Sligo in 1950, the son of Angela and Michael Jordan. Having developed an early interest in culture, he studied Irish history and English literature at University Co...

Michael Frayn would like to say a brief word about a few of the friends who have shaped his life - 'before my memory goes'. Some have had a profound effect. Some, a small and passing one. Some, you may know yourself. Some you couldn't possibly know at all; and maybe nor did Michael (there are sto...